FOOTBALL.

Taihape Daily Times, 14 July 1919, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

= JUNIORS._ I On Saturday «the Pirate juniors met I the Huiaijuniors, As the teams took ' I the field it appeared as if a. good game ‘ would be ‘witnessed, but the Huia team did not prove as -good as they lookedrl Pirates won the toss and eleotedgtol ' play with the wind behind them, and from the ‘start had Huia. defending. - Shortly after starting McLure scored, - .'the kick at goal fa.iled.—Pirates 3, 2 *l~‘lßSuia 0. Play resumed, ‘and was in‘ neustral territory for some time, when i from a forward rush, Kilkolly got over Q; and scored, the kick at goal missing.— Pirates 6, Huia. 0. Hyias now rallied and were attaclging for a brief spell,‘ but the Pirates came with a rush down the field, and Kilkolly ‘scored again, the kick at goal again failing.—Pirates,| 9, Hula 0. On resuming it was expected uthe Huias, with the wind inl their favour, would give trouble, but they lacked the knowledge, and the‘ Pirates soon were attacking, Morrison and Rowe scoring.——Pirates 15, Huia 0. Bray potted a neat goal just before‘ the call of «time, the game endingPinates 19, Huia 0. Mr McKenzie gave _ every satisfaction as referee. I ‘ SENIORS.» ' I The‘ s'enior teamstook the“ field on , time. The following were ‘the’ play-a ers:——Pirates. Eaton, T.“Sin‘cla‘ir, -J. Sinclair, McAulifie,; Mahen, R. "£Sin'- I Icla‘i-r, Rose, "Warren‘, ‘D;-. Eea.l’ey, N. A _ Healey,-Kelly, Hay, ..o. Murphy,» Murphy and. Serra. . -Huia: -Brow-1." T Chase, Payne, Rogers, Connolly, Tckarangi, Sullivan, Stone, J. Pine, Stuart, Whake, Chadwick, 'l\au, Ben?nett, and Wilson. -. .. ~ * « . . The ‘Pirates, won the.toss, and elected‘ ’ to play with the wind in their fa mur. and shortly after stanting had the Huias . on the “defence, until "the Huias were reilieved by a force. The Pirates soon worked -their way down the field again 4 and from a forward rush R. Sinclair‘ Pirates 3, Huia 0. On play resuming,| the Pirates were again attacking, the] Huia_s- being relieved by a mark by Bennett. Pirates were soon again on! ‘ the attack, and Huias were relieved by I ‘ _Sullivan marking. \Hu_ias now came with a forward rush, and compelled‘ the Pirates’ to force, but. the Huiasl kept up the pressure, and Payne put in a neat run and scored, the kick fail- I ing.——Pirates 03, Huia 3. - On resuming the Pirates, had the Huias defending for the rest of, the spell,’ and from -a neat passing rush McAulifi"e scored, -which was converted_. half-time being called with the, score VPirates 8, Hui-aw 3. On ‘resuming the Huias quickly took advantage of the wind, and had‘ ’ the Pirates on the defence, but the‘ back division was too strong to get! "through. Most of this spell was an ex- , \ change _of kicking between the backs, with an occasional forward rush, and,‘ at times the excitement. was keen. 3 However, the Pirates stemmed off all: attacks until just on call of time. when Payne Secured and put in a brilliant run, scoring in a handy place, which Was conveffed, the score on call of time being 8 all. Mr Kclsall gave every satisfaction. as referee.